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Due to the failure of the Leadbeater Assisted Dying Bill to complete its progress through the House of Lords before the end of the last Parliamentary session, in part due to over 1000 amendments put forward by peers to try to address the fundamental flaws and gaping safeguarding holes in the Bill, that Bill fell on 24 April 2026. In March 2026, Scottish MSPs voted down a similar Bill in Holyrood, MSP Liam MacArthur's Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, ending the threat of Assisted Suicide in Scotland for now.
However, in Westminster, Kim Leadbeater and her supporters are determined to resurrect the Assisted Dying Bill in the new Parliamentary session, and have persuaded Labour MP Lauren Edwards, drawn second in this session's Private Members' Bill Ballot, to reintroduce the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The Second Reading of Lauren Edward's Private Member's Bill is expected to be on Friday 11th September. Supporters of Assisted Suicide have threatened unprecedented use of the Parliament Acts, to force the Bill through without the House of Lords' consent.
Enabling terminally ill adults to get help from doctors to kill themselves - assisted dying or assisted suicide - violates fundamental principles of medical ethics - to "First do no harm". Undermining the intrinsic sanctity and dignity of every human life. It would fundamentally change the relationships between the state and individual, and a doctor and their patient. No longer could an individual assume that the state or their doctor will act in their best interests. Death would be recognised as a treatment for suffering.
It will be much harder for the Assisted Suicide lobby to win the House of Commons vote than the original Leadbeater Bill in 2024, which only passed by a narrow majority of 23 votes in the 3rd Reading. Only 12 MPs need to change their mind to defeat it outright in the Commons this time and, already, 7 MPs (who previously voted for the Bill) have said they will not support the reintroduction of the Bill or the threat to force it into law using the Parliament Acts. Recent polling shows there is also no public mandate for reviving the failed Bill.
It is vital that this dangerous and unethical Bill is defeated at the Second Reading on Friday 11th September. Below are tools to lobby your MP to vote NO to Assisted Suicide on 11th September.
UKMFA have teamed up with Amanda Hunter, co-founder of Unlock Care Homes and FAIME (Families Against Involuntary Medical Euthanasia) to conduct a series of interviews with experts from around the world, dedicated to scrutinising all aspects of Assisted Suicide and the attempts to make it legal in the UK.
Amanda highlights concerns raised by medical professionals, serious implications for vulnerable groups, and the current state of palliative care.
Emphasising the dangers of the bill to us all, the lack of public support, and the ethical considerations that must be addressed before any legislation can be safely implemented.
Dr Carol Davis, a recently retired Consultant in Palliative Medicine, and Angelina Ireland, the Executive Director of the Delta Hospice Society in Canada join the panel to discuss the profound implications for Palliative Care if Assisted Dying is legalised in the UK.
Anaesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician Dr Joel Zivot has done extensive research into US Death Row executions and Canada's MAID programme.
He draws disturbing parallels between the drug protocols used for both, and discloses shocking truths about the reality of the dying process caused by the drugs.
Dr Liz Evans appeared as a guest presenter on UK Column News on 11th February to give an important update on the various attempts to legalise Assisted Suicide across the UK and Crown Dependencies.
There are important votes in the House of Lords, Welsh Senedd, Holyrood and Jersey in the next 4-6 weeks – voters are urged to lobby their representatives.
Retired lawyer Clare Wills Harrison joined Dr Liz Evans to discuss the Assisted Dying Bill following the conclusion of the Committee Stage Hearings. They discussed serious holes in the bill, putting vulnerable people at risk of wrongful or coerced deaths, and the lack of important practical detail on the assisted dying process. Hundreds of sensible safeguarding amendments were rejected and Ministers will have huge delegated powers to amend the bill without Parliamentary input.
Dr Liz Evans presented a 10 minute analysis of developments in the Committee Stage of the Assisted Dying Bill on UK Column News on Friday 21st March.
We were delighted to welcome Amanda Hunter to discuss the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which will have its second reading on Friday 29th November. Amanda shared her detailed and expert knowledge and warns of serious and potentially irreversible consequences, for the individual and society if the bill is passed, in this wide-ranging, fascinating and important conversation.
Lawyer Clare Wills-Harrison discusses the Assisted Dying Bill with Dr Liz Evans, raising serious concerns from a legal, ethical and practical perspective in the proposals laid out in the bill.
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